Every year in January I get a cost of living raise in my SSDI. This year I got a raise of $11 a month. Because of this, I just got a notice saying my food stamps were being cut by $8 a month.
Why do they even bother giving me the raise if they are just going to penalize me in some other way?
How the hell am I supposed to ever get to a point where I don't live in debt or on CC's when this is how the government helps me?
If I could work, believe me, I would. I hate being on disability. I feel worthless and useless and like I'm a burden and a drain on everyone. I have to listen to "well-intentioned" people complain about people on government assistance because we are "all lazy drug addicts who don't want to work". I have to rely the government to help take care of me b/c I have a disease that has no known cause and no cure and gets no recognition or sympathy because it's not life-threatening.
And then when I do something to help my situation, like moving from a place I loved to one I hate so I could have cheaper rent and afford to pay all my bills every month and not rely on my CC's, I get my benefits cut because all they see if that I now pay less in rent, so therefor I "must" have extra money now. So now instead of being in a good neighborhood in a place I love and living on CC's, I am end up in a shitty neighborhood and a place I hate living on CC's.
It just seems like there is no way to get even, let alone ahead.
Getting Financially F*****d
February 7th, 2014 at 05:16 pm
February 7th, 2014 at 05:59 pm 1391795941
I have an acquaintance with an autoimmune disorder who's in a similar position, and gets the "lazy drug addicts" bizniz from her own dad (!). The best I could do for her was put her up for a few months while she was on a waiting list for social housing, feed her, and find a website database of "unclaimed funds": I got $1100 for her but that didn't pay off all her debts. I know getting long over due refunds is a rare, freaky occurrence but it does happen.
Your post doesn't read as if you're in a Social Housing facility, where rent is determined by your SSDI. Are you on a waiting list for a Social Housing Authority residence? Is there such a thing in your community?
Can you make use of a website like "Modest Needs?"
February 7th, 2014 at 06:06 pm 1391796388
Can you move back to the neighborhood you love, or is that impossible now?
Joy comes in many forms; find the joy in your life.
February 7th, 2014 at 06:15 pm 1391796949
February 7th, 2014 at 06:40 pm 1391798448
Is there any way you could use your training and knowledge of herb to add to your income? The rest of us are woefully ignorant and bounce around hearing this is good [this week] and now it's bad/dumb/waste of money/no noticeable benefit etc.
I'm sure you could teach us all how to s-t-r-e-t--c-h dollars.
February 7th, 2014 at 09:10 pm 1391807415
February 23rd, 2014 at 07:50 pm 1393185003
February 24th, 2014 at 05:48 pm 1393264133
"Thank you American taxpayers!"